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Larry in AB

Posted 5/7/2014 12:58 (#3857633)
Subject: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Alberta, Canada

Everyone talks about their old tractors they keep around or restore but what about the classic farm trucks? Stuff from the 50's-60's and I guess 70's now is pretty old. Anyone have an old semi that still pulls a trailer in the fall, old grain truck that still gets used. Or maybe even restore and mount a an old cab on a newer frame and powertrain?

We had some older ones but sold them. Oldest now that still gets used is a 1976 C60 with 39,000 original miles! Had a 1956 Ford 3/4 ton that was my dads old farm truck. I fixed up years back, painted it , drove it around when I was kid. But sold the darn thing. Now I wish i'd kept it(was in good shape) as a have a boy now that is interested in this vintage stuff.

Edited by Larry in AB 5/7/2014 13:03

StanSW.Mo

Posted 5/7/2014 13:04 (#3857637 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Barton Co. Missouri

Son-in-law still uses my 1968 F350 ( which was my dad's new in 1968) with flat bed and hay spear to feed cattle. Has less than 70,000 orginal miles and everything in ths cab is orginal except for seat cover, 1 arm rest,& the Am/FM radio. Plan to restore whne he's done with it. Still have the sticker out of the window!

dakota

Posted 5/7/2014 13:07 (#3857642 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

SC North Dakota

1980 chevy 3/4 ton p/u 190,00 miles, 73 C-60 70,00 miles, 79 C-70 119,00 Only two payments left on the 73 p/u.

Dave9110

Posted 5/7/2014 13:49 (#3857680 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

north-central Indiana west of Fulton

We never have used the term classic to describe our 1970 IH 2000 diesel. It is the only truck we have had since we bought it in '75 and stretched the frame and put an 18' bed on it.

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seedcleaner

Posted 5/7/2014 13:56 (#3857687 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Mid-Missouri

There are many "classic" vehicles around the country still in use. We have several C-65 and 70 trucks in use.

Truth be told, many who use these "classics" as there main vehicles probably don't frequent NAT as much as others.

Robert W Greif

Posted 5/7/2014 14:57 (#3857732 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: 1950

Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463

Diamond T
The trailer is a 96

Hauls grain every fall and the bin stuff.

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pbutler

Posted 5/7/2014 15:45 (#3857764 - in reply to #3857732)
Subject: RE: 1950

Macon, IL

Very Cool

redoak

Posted 5/7/2014 18:24 (#3857923 - in reply to #3857732)
Subject: RE: 1950

deep SW On.

Nice,what engine & tranny?

dairyman78

Posted 5/7/2014 20:20 (#3858089 - in reply to #3857732)
Subject: RE: 1950

S.C. Wisconsin

That's neat!

kswrenchturner05

Posted 5/7/2014 20:34 (#3858115 - in reply to #3857732)
Subject: RE: 1950

Geuda Springs, Kansas

WOW! I have not seen a Diamond T in a long long time. Thanks for sharing. This is a way cool rig.

redneckfarmer

Posted 5/7/2014 20:41 (#3858129 - in reply to #3858115)
Subject: RE: 1950

missouri

our grain truck fleet includes a 71 gmc 5500 a 73 chevy c 60 a 74 ford f 600 and daily driven classic pickups are a 78 chevy c 10 and an 80 chevy k 10

69plowboy

Posted 5/7/2014 21:45 (#3858290 - in reply to #3857732)
Subject: RE: 1950

I have heard this truck run.... only if these kids with the diesel PICKUPS could hear it

Tomcat

Posted 5/7/2014 15:16 (#3857742 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Ludington/Manistee MI area

'71 gmc 6500 in decent shape. For something that goes so slow man does it burn the fuel.

emtbd1979

Posted 5/7/2014 15:46 (#3857766 - in reply to #3857742)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

west central illinois

1975 IH 4200. Water tender and hauls grain to bin.

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pbutler

Posted 5/7/2014 15:50 (#3857770 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Macon, IL

Up until a couple years ago this was it for me.

Have since went to tandems, can't say I really miss the old gassers and hydraulic brakes. Still have the IH Diesel, been going to sell it but still in great shape and just can't quite bring myself to listing it. Straight trucks not worth much around here and for no more than it is worth just nice to have a "spare" around....at least that is what I keep telling myself when I have to fit em all in shed.

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Jon Hagen

Posted 5/7/2014 16:24 (#3857803 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND

I still have a good running 59 model IH 160 single axle , converted to a grain truck. We bought it years ago from the local well driller who had it mechanically very good, but the cab was well worn / cracked / rusted junk that needed tarp straps to keep the doors closed. We ran it that way for a few years untill the wiring shorted and burned all the wiring in the cab.
We looked at it and decided it was worth fitting a new cab, as it had an excellent 345 V8 engine( first year that was avalible), new brakes, new tires and very good box and hoist.
We did not want another junky 59 IH cab, and a good cab of another brand with front end at the salvage yards was $600+.
This was way too much for us tightwads. For a few weeks I carried a tapemeasure with me every time we went to town. Measured every sort of 60's pickup cab to see who had the most room in the fron fenders to allow for 20 inch truck wheels.
The best fit turned out to be a mid to late 60's twin I beam Ford. We found a clean rust free 67 manual trans F100 cab with front at the local salvage yard for $75.

We built mounts for the cab, fitted it with the IH truck radiator, master cylinder, fitted the IH running boards to the Ford cab. We fitted the Ford alternator to the IH V8 to gain that upgrade which worked with the Ford wiring Throttle and clutch linkage was easy to adapt.
We replaced the little F100 steering wheel with a big one from a 75 Ford school bus. That big wheel fit like stock(worked with the horn and turn signals) and allowed the truck manual steering to work.

The hardest part of the conversion was to enlarge the Ford 1/2 ton wheel openings to accept the 20 inch truck wheels. We made a deal with the local body shop guy that we would enlarge the wheel openings, fabricate the new wheel opening lips that he would finish.
The body shop guy finished the front wheel openings and sprayed the cab with a new paint job.

We used that old rig for another 15 years. The Ford cab is much stronger with doors that close and stay closed, a heater /defroster that actually works. It looked and worked like a late 60's Ford F600.

When we retired a couple years ago, we just parked the 59 Ford / IH, 65 Dodge D500 grain truck and 70 Dodge D600 cab over that we used as a single axle semi tractor. All are tired and need enough work( mainly brakes) that we will sell them for scrap unless someone wants a hobby project.

We pretty well used them up, but they saw us out ;-)

wolf906

Posted 5/7/2014 17:26 (#3857875 - in reply to #3857803)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Abilene Texas

1972 Chevy Spartan cab over, second owner, w/Detroit diesel, air tag and 22' grain bed, drove it all the way home from south Dakota to Abilene texas, it's sweet.

69plowboy

Posted 5/7/2014 21:47 (#3858295 - in reply to #3857875)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Did you lose the bumblebee in a fruit jar?

Thresherman

Posted 5/7/2014 16:38 (#3857815 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Mid Michigan

Still use a 1951 Dodge 21/2 ton we purchased in 1957. Flat head 6, 5 speed, 2 speed rear axle. It's siting full of pallets of seed corn waiting for the rain to stop.

Josh in Pa

Posted 5/7/2014 17:27 (#3857877 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

s.e. Pa

I fixed up 1948 ford F6 and use it pretty regularly. Mostly hauling hay, used it this spring for firewood and picking rocks. It can haul 200 bushels of corn but it is very slow. Gets a lot of looks though.
Josh

Mike SE IL

Posted 5/7/2014 17:28 (#3857881 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: Classic? We just have old stuff

West Union, Illinois

We sold our 1980 Chevy C-70 tandem to a cousin of my son in law this year.

We went to 2 1999 Freightliner semi's and just didn't use it any more. His truck broke during harvest and he asked if he could use it. He liked it so much he wanted to keep it and for minor financial consideration we let him.

Where but in farming would you consider a couple 15 year old trucks to be "new"?

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mschultz

Posted 5/7/2014 17:37 (#3857890 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Oregon

No road salt here so seasonal trucks tend to stick around for good while.

Old rigs are pretty much all the old guard dry land wheat guys use. It is so dry that they flip the exhaust manifolds and run the exhaust straight out the front. A lot of flat beds and seed trucks from the pre 1980s still in service in Eastern Oregon and Washington.

This is not my truck, but it is one of my favorites. It just feels like an old grain truck should. I included a picture because the upright exhausts seem to be a western thing and I've never seen them where I grew up in the Midwest.

-Mike

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lskywalker

Posted 5/7/2014 17:44 (#3857895 - in reply to #3857890)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

SE MN

1974 Mack DM685S

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StanleyFarms

Posted 5/7/2014 17:46 (#3857899 - in reply to #3857890)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

SE Saskatchewan

My trucks are all "vintage" ! Water truck is a 1991 International , Grain trucks are 1984 Ford LTL 9000, 1975 Ford L9000 and a 1976 International Fleetstar.

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Deadduck

Posted 5/7/2014 20:53 (#3858163 - in reply to #3857890)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Northeast Louisiana

mschultz - 5/7/2014 17:37 No road salt here so seasonal trucks tend to stick around for good while. Old rigs are pretty much all the old guard dry land wheat guys use. It is so dry that they flip the exhaust manifolds and run the exhaust straight out the front. A lot of flat beds and seed trucks from the pre 1980s still in service in Eastern Oregon and Washington. This is not my truck, but it is one of my favorites. It just feels like an old grain truck should. I included a picture because the upright exhausts seem to be a western thing and I've never seen them where I grew up in the Midwest. -Mike

That has to be an old IH with the ashtray in the middle of the dash! Never heard of the flipped exhaust manifolds, interesting.

mschultz

Posted 5/7/2014 22:01 (#3858333 - in reply to #3858163)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Oregon

To be clear, I do not remember how they plumbed that particular IH- but I know that other manifolds on other trucks were flipped. -Mike

PatCMO

Posted 5/7/2014 23:12 (#3858496 - in reply to #3858163)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Pilot Grove, Missouri

Butterfly hood was the givaway for me. Other than the exhaust looks just like the view out the winshield of dads old truck. Patrick

arcticcatfarmer

Posted 5/7/2014 17:45 (#3857898 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Tip of the Thumb of Michigan

Here's our main truck fleet.

1970 cab over c 60 chevy triaxle

1973 cab over gmc 6500 flat bed s/a fert truck

1974 chevy c65 s/a low side dump for rocks and multipurpose.

1975 gmc 6500 tandem grain hauler with removeable top to haul dirt and rocks.

1975 gmc 8000 triaxe gas with 13 speed, pulls a 2 axle pup. it will take 1000 bu at 42-45 mph.

I would love to go to 2- 1500 bu semis and one tandem and a flat bed for the semi too. Just a dream for now. I do have a 1995 semi tractor, but at 19 years old it is not a classic yet.

Edited by arcticcatfarmer 5/7/2014 17:46

John Central NY

Posted 5/7/2014 19:01 (#3857967 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

'68 Chevy 80, a little over 20,000 miles.

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00rooster

Posted 5/7/2014 19:07 (#3857973 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

1973 International Loadstar 1600. Had a dump box but have taken sides off for use as a flatbed.

masseypride

Posted 5/7/2014 19:54 (#3858042 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Kansas

1950 Chevy 4400 Grain Truck

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mschultz

Posted 5/7/2014 20:14 (#3858077 - in reply to #3858042)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Oregon

Wow.

whitetractors

Posted 5/7/2014 20:12 (#3858073 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

We have a 1968 gmc with a 305 v6 gas that we used to haul grain until about 2 years ago. It has a flatbed on now to haul roundbales. It's a little newer but we also have a 1979 triaxle mack for hauling grain and alittle vit of everthing else.

Dutchdeutz

Posted 5/7/2014 20:13 (#3858074 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: good ol Mack

Peace River, AB, Canada

Have an old Mack B61 thermodyne, starts even when everything else wont fire up.
always amazed with the torque it produces and how peppy it feels and sounds

jeff gordon

Posted 5/7/2014 20:32 (#3858108 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Mather, Manitoba

Ya got a tandem 1979 chevy C65 and I think a 1973??? IH Loadstar. Both have 16' boxes. The are both useless and priceless. Used for seeding time and moving grain around the yard. Not worth maintaining but can't afford to replace them for all their used.

tommy_harrell

Posted 5/7/2014 20:56 (#3858170 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Central Missouri

We have a '65 ford that hauls fescue nearly every day from the drying buildings to the cleaner, the wood floor is slicker than any gym floor. Run a c-60 ('65) and c-70 ('75) for harvest and a c-80 ('84) dump truck.
The pride and joy of the fleet, is a '47 dodge flathead/4speed non syncro and a single speed rear axle and a 51 Chevy on a c-30 with a pick'em up bed

Tommy

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Larry in AB

Posted 5/7/2014 22:17 (#3858376 - in reply to #3858170)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Alberta, Canada

Wow those last two have had a bit of time put into them. Got any more pics of that chevy .... nice truck!

77_1086

Posted 5/7/2014 21:39 (#3858276 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Rawson, Ohio

Well here are mine

1969 Chevy C-50

1971 Ford C-900

1973 Ford L-700

1955 Ford F-600

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drk

Posted 5/7/2014 21:41 (#3858280 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

I wish we still had this one. Dad sold it about 2 years ago. Its debatable but we think it was a 79 k100 with a 3406b and a 13spd. Was fun to go to wallcot with.

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JoBob

Posted 5/7/2014 22:35 (#3858422 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

West Central Wisconsin

We have a 1965 Ford 850 Super Duty tandem with 540? inch gas and a 5 and 4 speed tranny. We bought it for the 6 year old grain box the previous owners, (cranberry grower), had just put on it. We put that box on a '94 Kodiak, (POS), and the Kodiak's, (POS), bed and hoist on the '65 and added sides.

PatCMO

Posted 5/7/2014 23:08 (#3858493 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Pilot Grove, Missouri

Have a pair of '72 International Loadstar 1800 tandems with 22 ft beds. One is a twin screw Dad bought in about '74. The other is an air tag a neighbor ordered new. Only grain trucks I use. also both are 392 gas engines. Patrick

GM Guy

Posted 5/8/2014 11:19 (#3859102 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

NW KS/ SC ID

1966 GMC 9500 single axle, 6-71, 9 speed, 16 ft bed and hoist.
1976 Marmon Cabover, 8V92T, 13 speed, Twin Screw 10 wheeler. 20ft bed and hoist.
1974? IHC Loadstar 1850 6V53 detroit, 5 and a 2. tag axle 10 wheeler, 20 ft bed and hoist.
1974 Peterbilt 352-M 1674 Cat, 13 speed, twin screw 10 wheeler, 22 foot low sided bed and hoist. my favorite truck!
a wilson aluminum on air ride, and a brand I cant remember steel hopperon spring, both out of the 70s.

New additions this year
1974 GMC 9500 6-71 9 speed (or 10 speed) Twin Screw 10 wheeler 18 ft bed and hoist.
1986 GMC Topkick 3208NA 13 speed, twin screw 10 wheeler, 18K front axle, 18 ft tall sided aluminum bed and hoist.

Semi tractors to pull the hoppers:
1990 IH 8200 NTC855 BC4 9spd twin screw
1990 Marmon 57P Series 60 Detroit, 13 speed twin screw
new truck to keep the marmon off the hopper: 1976? IH transtar II cabover, 8V71NA 13 spd twin screw tractor.

looking to sell the IH and pick up another pete cabover. :)

tommy_harrell

Posted 5/9/2014 00:02 (#3860111 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

Central Missouri

American Historical Truck Society is having the national convention in Springfield Missouri May 29-32.
http://aths.org/convention

Pretty excited, I'm driving the '47 Dodge loaded with a '50 JD B down on May 30 and home June 1. Usually takes just under 2hr, I think it make it in approximate 4.5 hours.

Tommy

SD Scott

Posted 5/9/2014 00:38 (#3860123 - in reply to #3860111)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

NE South Dakota

Here is a picture of our 1958 Kenworth. Used it up until a couple years ago, now it just sits.
It has a potato box on it with a hydraulic driven belt to unload. It also worked for corn and beans.
The engine is a Cummins with a turbo. Somebody estimated it at 270-280 hp.

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bgood2bme

Posted 3/19/2016 22:10 (#5187324 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

lol posted this somewhere but here it is ...my 73 freightliner cabover and 73 fruehau grain trailer.i use this combo every summer and fall harvest and love the small cam 855 290.

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LonghornRanch

Posted 2/3/2017 07:55 (#5813526 - in reply to #3857633)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

1970 international 1600
Motor Identification help

I'm new to this and kind of old and my wife says I can crash a computer every 6 months whether it needs it or not...... so bear with me

Picked up a running 1970 International I believe to be a 1600 for 56.12 out the door at an absolute no reserve auction...... said what the heck
Yes you saw it correctly .... RUNNING - 1970 internatiinal For fifty six dollars and 12 cents

I need help identifying this ole beast
and can be reached at
[email protected]

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GM Guy

Posted 2/3/2017 14:40 (#5814424 - in reply to #5813526)
Subject: RE: Classic/vintage trucks anyone use them on the farm still??

NW KS/ SC ID

LonghornRanch - 2/3/2017 06:55

1970 international 1600
Motor Identification help

I'm new to this and kind of old and my wife says I can crash a computer every 6 months whether it needs it or not...... so bear with me

Picked up a running 1970 International I believe to be a 1600 for 56.12 out the door at an absolute no reserve auction...... said what the heck
Yes you saw it correctly .... RUNNING - 1970 internatiinal For fifty six dollars and 12 cents

I need help identifying this ole beast
and can be reached at
[email protected]

@longhornranch,

Make a new thread, threads dont get bumped to the top on this forum layout, so the only reason I saw this is because I had posted earlier and you responded to it.

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